Accessible to general readers and full of valuable insights for specialists, China before Mao presents a fresh way of approaching the country's modern history a

A history of the book and intellectual property that includes military technology and military secrets. Winner of The Morris D. Forkosch Prize from the Journal

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the Pe

The movement toward greater openness represents a change of philosophy, ethos, and government and a set of interrelated and complex changes that transform marke

The 1980s saw spirited debate in China, as officials and the public pressed for economic and political liberalization. But after Tiananmen, the Communist Party